Judge blocks Trump's birthright order
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Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is part of the hard-line immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”
Nashville City Council Member Terry Vo talks about her mother and father's journey as refugees from Vietnam, their citizenship and Terry's enthusiasm for helping people.
"Persons who 'will be born'—i.e., persons who have not yet been conceived—lack either standing or capacity to sue." The post 'Common sense compels': Trump admin says class action lawsuit aiming to stop birthright citizenship ban for 'persons who will be born' is 'inappropriate' and doomed to fail first appeared on Law & Crime.
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